Setting up employees for payroll

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Setting up employees for payroll with Intuit QuickBooks Pro allows you to set pay rates (regular, overtime, vacation, and more) for all employees, as well as additional deductions such as workers' compensation or dental. Employee tax information can also be specified; parameters that can be set include their filing status, allowances, and any extra withholding. This video explains how to set up all payroll items, tax information, and payroll schedules for new and existing employees.

Now that all the payroll items are setup,…we can edit our individual employees for those items.…Get in to the employee center by clicking Employees from the home screen.…To edit an existing employee, right click their name and…choose Edit Employee and then change to the payroll info tab.…Now I'm actually going to close one of this, because I'm want to…create a new employee, so I'll right click and choose New Employee.…I won't worry about all…the name fields.…Right now I'm going to go straight to the payroll info tab.…Here's where you would go after you fill in all the personal…and address info about your employee, and fill in their payroll information.…

For example, in the regular pay section, you'll either put in what…their annual rate is, or what their hourly rate is, such as $14.75.…You can then go in and add more items.…Now these are all the payroll that were…setup already.…So that's why they are already showing up in this list.…You can put in an overtime rate.…You can even put in vacation, and any sick time that they may have.…

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11/19/2013

You don't need to be an accountant to know how to use QuickBooks Pro. Learn how to manage the finances for your small business yourself with the Windows version of this powerful accounting package. Jess Stratton shows how to create a new company file and back it up on a regular basis, and then set up accounts, taxes, and inventory items. Once your accounts are established, learn how to create estimates and purchase orders, send invoices, receive payments, and print checks—all the day-to-day tasks that keep your business running. Finally, learn to set up your payroll, integrate with online banking, find data and run reports, and close the books with end-of-year preparations.